Attachment for umbrellas.



R. KAUERT.

ATTACHMENT FOR UMBRELLAS,

APPLICATION man AUG.13. 1911.

Lgw mo Patented Feb. 191s.

RUDOLPH KAUERT, OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

ATTACHMENT FOR UMBRELLAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented l eh. 5, 1911 a.

Application filed August 13, 1917. Serial No. 185,991.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH KAU'ERT, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Attachment for Umbrellas; and

do hereby declare the following to be a ull, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an umbrella, and particularly to an improvedattachment or locking device for engaging the outer ex tremities of theribs when collapsed, to hold the umbrella locked.

The principal object of the invention provide a locking is to device forumbrellas to prevent people from appropriating or'stealmg umbrellas thatdo not belong to them. For instance on rainy days, should a personobserve that an umbrella is locked, consequently cannot be opened foruse, the temptation to steal the umbrella is greatly lessened.

A further object of my invention is to provide a locked holder forumbrellas, keeping the ribs thereof tightly closed without rolling thecover, hence preventing the silk cover from breaking in the creases.

A further object of the invention is to provide a push button to actuatethe lock or latch, instead of by means of a key.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an improved, simpleand eflicient device of this kind, which may be manufactured for a smallcost, and sold at a reasonable profit.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a devicecomprising eflicient and practical features of construction.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device consisting oftwo hingedly united sections of such curved contours as to encompass theribs, and provided with means to hold the ribs in spaced relations, whenthey. are collapsed, in combination with means for locking the twosections.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitatealterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a viewv in perspective of an umbrellashowing the ribs collapsed and the locking device or attachment applied.

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the locking de vice.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the locking device.

r Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line H of Fig. 5 is a detail plan view,showing a turn button for actuating the lock of the holder orattachment. I

Fig. 6 is a plan view of another form of locking device showing partsbroken away and parts in elevation, in order to illustrate another formof locking means.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of another form of an umbrella lid locking device.

Fig. 8 is an edge view of the locking de vice shown in Fig. 7.

Referring moreespecially to the drawings 1 and 2 designate two membersof the locking device or fastener, one end of the member 1 is providedwith a bifurcation 3, in which, on a pin l, one end of the member 2 ispivoted. These members 1 and 2 are so curved as to conform to thecontour of the stick 5 of the umbrella and the inner edge portions ofthese members 1 and 2 may or may not be provided with scallops 6 and 7,to receive the ribs of the umbrella when collapsed, as shown in Fig. 1clearly. The member2 has an extension 8, one edge of which is providedwith ratchet teeth 8 The members of 1 and 2 are hollow as shown, inorder to lessen the weight of said parts. The member 1 at one end isprovided with an opening 8 to receive the re duced extension 8-. Pivotedon a pin 8? in the hollow part of the member 1 is a latch dog 8 the nose9 of which is designed to engage one of the teeth 8 to hold theextension 8 in the hollow part of the member 1. A spring 9 secured at 9constitutes means to hold the nose of a latch dog in engagement withsaid tooth and also to hold the tail end of the latch dog in contactwith the pin 9 The wall of the member 1 is provided with a suitable keyhole shaped opening 10 to receive a conventional form of key (notshown), whereby its tongue (not shown) may contact with the tail of thelatch dog, in order to tilt the dog, whereby its nose may be disengagedfrom the tooth, consequently permitting the extension 8 to be withdrawnfrom the member 1, and the two members 1 and 2 allowed to be looseas maybe desired.

. 12 and the extension 7 following the the tail of the dog, the nose beadjusted with relation to each other, to

hold the ribs ot' the umbrella 'as tight or as Where the seallops on themember 2 of the structure shown 'in Fig.6 terminate, one edge of theextension 8 (which corresponds to the extension 8) is provided withratchet teeth 10. The member 1, at its free end merges into an enlargedportion 11. In other words, the member 1, in its curvature, tapers fromthe portion 11 toward and to the pivot 4,. The enlarged portion 11 isprovided with an opening 12, which is formed somewhat obliquely throughthe enlargement 11. The opening 8 are correspondingly curved on an are,using the pivot pin 4 as a center. In other words, the arc of open ing12 and the extension 8 are on a radius from the pin 4. By so-curving theopening and the extension 8, the extensions 8 will pass readily throughthe opening, when the two members 1 and 2 are extended about the ribs ofthe umbrella, when the ribs are in engagement with the scallops.Adjacent the opening 12, the member 1 is provided with a hollow portion13, in'which'the dog 14 is pivoted upon the pin 15. One end of the dogextends through an opening 16 in the wall 17, between the opening 12 andthe hollow portion, so that the nose 18 of the dog may cooperate withthe ratchet 10 of the extension 8. An abutment 19 is formed or providedon one of the walls of the hollow- 13, and constitutes means to limitthe tail 20 of the dog, there beinga leaf spring 21 secured at 22 tohold the tail of the dog in contact with the abutment. Immediatelyarrangement of the two members 1 and 2 on the stick of the umbrella, sothat the ribs may engage the scallops 6 and 7, substantially in themanner shown in Fig.

1, the extension 8 is passed through the I opening 12, in which case thenose of the dog will ratchet over the teeth 10 against the action of thespring 21 until the ribs of the umbrella are clamped tight against thestick 5, and owing to the tail of the dog contacting with the abutment,the extension 8 will be held securely in position through the opening12. However, by inserting a suitable key in the key opening 23 of themember 1,'and turning the key in'the direction of the arrow a so thatthe tongue member, n'ot shown, of the key may contact with of the dogmay be thrown out oi engagement with'the teeth key 10 may be 10 oftheextension 8, thereby allowing the extension 8 to be withdrawn from theopening 12, consequently permitting the removal of the lockin devicefrom engagement with the ribs of t e umbrella. By means of a suitablechain 2a connected at 25 to the member 1, and at 26 to the umbrellastick, the locking device is carried by the stick of the umbrella, inorder to always be handy for use. However,-the locking device may bemade detachable, or may be carried on the person, instead of carried bythe umbrellaa g I Ill-Figs.- 7 and S'the lockii'ig device coin- T prises'a body member '27 and a U-shaped member28,'theinneredgeof the arch 29of which is provided with a series of scallops 30. The body-member 27 isprovided with a segmental recess '31 having a series of scallops 32,which, and the scallops '30, receive the ribs of the umbrella, when itis eollapsed. The-body member '27 i provided withthe openings '33 torece ve the armsfof the U-shaped member 28. The in- 1 5? so that theratchet teeth will ratchet over the nosesasthe arms of the'U sh-apedmember28 are inserted through the openings 33.

that the ends pins 42 on said dogs, in order to hold'the dogs in suchwisethat the abutments 43 of the dogs will contact with certain of theguide bars 36 and 37, thereby limiting the dogs in their outermostpositions. T he adjacent tail ends of the sliding dogs have laterallyextending lugs 44, which may be pngaged by the tongues, (not shown), ofre hi ou'gh the key openin 45 so as to actuate the dogs to disengagetheir noses fromthe ratchet teeth 34: and 35, thereby allowing themembers 27 and 28 to be separated. The chain 24: in Figs 3 and 46 tothemember'27. v

The invention having been set forth what isclaimed as new and useful is7 In a lock for umbrellas, a pairof members pivotally united, said membbeing 12 curved whereby they may engageabout the ribs. of'an umbrella,the inner edges of said members being provided with scallops to engagethe ribs to hold them in place, the M separable ends ofthemembersdigigonally nitersecting each other, one of said members 1 havingits separable endenlarged and provided with a diagonally arrangedopening, through which the "separableend of the other member diagonallypasses, whereby" said members may surround ditferen'tdiam- 1E 3.. Psliding Springs 10 are carriedby the pins ll, so 53 of the sprlngs willengage the (not shown) but whichflmay pass 4: is connected ateters ofarrangement of ribs, said enlarged end of one member having a chamberedout portion adjoining said diagonally arranged opening, the Wall betweenthe chamberedout portion and the diagonal opening having an opening ofcommunication between the diagonal opening and the chambered outportion, and a spring tensioned latch dog pivoted in said chambered outportion and extending through the opening of communication, said memberwhich passes through the diagonal opening having an extension providedwith ratchet teeth to be RUDOLPH KAUERT. Witnesses IDA A. KAUERT, ALBERTL. MYERS.

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